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Angel City makes Alyssa Thompson the first HS player taken first overall

Angel City makes Alyssa Thompson the first HS player taken first overall

Alyssa Thompson is staying in Los Angeles with Angel City, and all it took was some NWSL Draft history to make it happen. With the first overall pick of the 2023 NWSL Draft, Angel City made the Harvard-Westlake forward the first high school athlete to hear her name called first in the league’s 10-year history. Thompson’s selection was widely expected after Angel City acquired the first overall pick from NJ/NY Gotham FC last week in a deal that saw it trade its natural No. 5 pick and a… Source link

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How projected top-5 draft prospects Amen and Ausar Thompson fared in 1st real test overseas

How projected top-5 draft prospects Amen and Ausar Thompson fared in 1st real test overseas

BELGRADE, Serbia — College basketball doesn’t start for another month, and the blockbuster matchup between top 2023 NBA draft prospects, Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, is slated for Oct. 4 and 6. For fans and NBA scouts who are eyeing next year’s draft, one of the most talented classes in recent memory, they were able to get an early look at projected lottery picks, 6-foot-7 twins Amen and Ausar Thompson on a 14-day European tour with Overtime Elite, playing in Spain and… Source link

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Google Bought Chicago’s Thompson Center and It’s Good News

Google Bought Chicago’s Thompson Center and It’s Good News

Photo: B.O’Kane/Alamy Stock Photo For years, it looked like the James R. Thompson Center, Helmut Jahn’s postmodernist government building in downtown Chicago, might be demolished. The 1.2 million-square-foot structure, completed in 1984 and known for its dizzying 17-story public atrium, racked up $326 million in deferred maintenance and cost… Source link

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Google Is Buying The Thompson Center For $105 Million

Google Is Buying The Thompson Center For $105 Million

CHICAGO — Google will take over the Thompson Center in The Loop, officials announced Wednesday. The tech giant has agreed to buy all of the building for $105 million after it is renovated by other organizations. The Thompson Center will be “entirely redeveloped” into an office suite for Google’s workers as part of the deal, Gov. JB Pritzker said at a news conference. The sale will benefit the company, as well as Illinois taxpayers and Chicagoans, he said. “Google is one of… Source link

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Google may be Googling the Thompson Center

Google may be Googling the Thompson Center

In a technological twist to the plans for a renovated James R. Thompson Center, search engine giant Google stoked speculation Wednesday that it could buy the 17-story building in the Loop. Developer Michael Reschke struck a deal last year with Gov. J.B. Pritzker to buy most of the former state government building for $70 million and renovate… Source link

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Google Could Buy Thompson Center, Report Says

Google Could Buy Thompson Center, Report Says

DOWNTOWN — Google is trying to set up shop in one of Chicago’s most famous buildings, according to a new report. The tech giant is negotiating to buy the James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St., according to real estate information company CoStar. It’s the latest twist for the famed building, which opened in 1985 and has been used for governmental offices — but which has faced costly infrastructure issues that have led to several lawmakers attempting to sell it. Google would set… Source link

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